MD3 Bracket Announcement: The South Rises

It has been a region starving for extra bids in the past, but
the South feasted on the bids when the NCAA Men's Division III
selection committee handed out its invitations on Sunday evening.
Of the 10 spots up for grabs out of Pool B (independent) and Pool C
(at-large), teams in the South region accounted for nine of
them.

The valedictorian of the South region is undefeated Dickinson,
which grabbed the lower bracket's top seed. Balancing the Red
Devils will be Roanoke, which got the second slot in the Dixie
bracket.

The North had a pair of byes, which went to clear-cut No. 1
Cortland along with RIT, which escaped a pair of Liberty League
upset bids. The Red Dragons will likely have to contend with
Nazareth in the quarterfinals while RIT is fated to a clash with
Tufts.

Defending champion Salisbury was one of the five at-large
selections, joining Washington College, Lynchburg and Washington
& Lee in the South bracket. Stevens was the long Pool C entrant
from the North.

NCAA Division II Men's Tournament First-Round Games

Wednesday, May 8
Otterbein at Adrian
Susquehanna at Salisbury
Sewanee at Washington & Lee
Christopher Newport at Stevenson
Colorado College at Washington College
St. Mary's at Lynchburg
Centre at Roanoke
Aurora at Ohio Wesleyan
Eastern Conn. at Western New England
Castleton at Nazareth
Springfield at Cabrini
Montclair State at Stevens
Norwich at Tufts